Nintendo 3DS Release Date February 26th in Japan

The Nintendo 3DS will release in Japan on February 26th, 2011 with a $299 price point. Nintendo President Saturo Iwata says the 3DS release date for the United States and other Western countries would come sometime after the launch in Japan, likely March as Reggie Fils-Aime stated on the Jimmy Fallon show.The launch colors for Japan will be Cosmo Black and Aqua Blue. The 3DS will have support for Mii’s with its own Mii Plaza, and the portable console will come with a 2GB SD card for memory. The 3DS has a Home button much like the Wii.
In other news related to the conference, the Wii Remote Plus is a real future version of the controller, it has the Motion Plus adapter built-in.